Volibearvs Varus
Volibear vs Varus is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.3. Varus wins with a 75.0% win rate (+50.0%) over Volibear based on 28 games. Varus holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Volibear build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Volibear vs Varus matchup.
Volibear Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Volibear performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Varus(25.0%)Who Wins the Volibear vs Varus Matchup?
Volibear vs Varus Matchup Summary
The Volibear vs Varus matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 28 recent matches analyzed, Varus wins with a 75.0% win rate compared to Volibear's 25.0%, giving Varus a 50.0 percentage point advantage. Varus dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Volibear players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Volibear leads by 820 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Varus has a strong advantage in this matchup. Volibear players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Varus overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Volibear vs Varus Laning Phase Breakdown
Varus is favored during the laning phase against Volibear, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Varus holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Volibear Build Against Varus
Mercury's Treads is the optimal boots choice against Varus, providing the mobility and stats Volibear needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Volibear against Varus are Navori Flickerblade, Spirit Visage and Dusk and Dawn. This combination gives Volibear an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 4 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Varus. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Volibear vs Varus matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Volibear26.3%Varus73.7%Volibear22.2%Varus77.8%Varus dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 73.7% win rate — a 47.4 percentage point lead over Volibear. This lopsided early game means Varus can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Varus is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 77.8% win rate — 55.6 points above Volibear. Extended games heavily favor Varus, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Varus holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Volibear players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Volibear Runes Against Varus
Precision
Resolve
The Precision and Resolve rune setup gives Volibear the best tools to compete against Varus in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Volibear matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.3. The table below shows Volibear's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Volibear build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.06% | 376 | 1.1 | 636 | 11,859 | 51.0% | 51.1% | |
| 44.07% | 270 | 2.9 | 676 | 12,108 | 42.4% | 45.4% | |
| 47.57% | 267 | 1.4 | 712 | 12,719 | 48.3% | 47.1% | |
| 50.97% | 257 | 1.4 | 641 | 12,153 | 52.1% | 50.0% | |
| 55.33% | 244 | 1.4 | 687 | 12,175 | 59.2% | 51.6% | |
| 45.38% | 238 | 3.2 | 956 | 12,059 | 49.1% | 41.9% | |
| 50.68% | 221 | 3.0 | 880 | 12,648 | 54.2% | 47.4% | |
| 42.66% | 218 | 1.3 | 698 | 12,560 | 42.7% | 42.6% | |
| 46.46% | 198 | 1.1 | 711 | 12,518 | 48.9% | 44.4% | |
| 55.26% | 190 | 1.2 | 642 | 12,642 | 63.4% | 49.1% | |
| 57.54% | 179 | 1.2 | 678 | 12,322 | 54.4% | 60.7% | |
| 51.41% | 177 | 4.8 | 853 | 12,130 | 46.4% | 55.9% | |
| 51.15% | 174 | 3.0 | 756 | 12,388 | 54.8% | 48.5% | |
| 50.69% | 144 | 3.5 | 725 | 12,037 | 48.1% | 53.9% | |
| 44.37% | 142 | 1.2 | 670 | 12,625 | 35.6% | 50.6% | |
| 44.53% | 137 | 1.2 | 635 | 12,227 | 45.5% | 43.9% | |
| 50.74% | 136 | 6.2 | 954 | 12,434 | 55.9% | 45.6% | |
| 48.89% | 135 | 2.8 | 771 | 12,759 | 44.6% | 52.9% | |
| 60.00% | 135 | 6.3 | 905 | 12,117 | 66.2% | 53.1% | |
| 45.45% | 132 | 1.7 | 761 | 12,637 | 42.6% | 47.9% | |
| 48.46% | 130 | 5.5 | 860 | 12,664 | 50.8% | 46.4% | |
| 45.97% | 124 | 1.4 | 681 | 12,447 | 48.1% | 44.4% | |
| 47.58% | 124 | 1.1 | 643 | 12,051 | 54.7% | 40.0% | |
| 43.44% | 122 | 1.1 | 688 | 12,490 | 46.9% | 39.7% | |
| 53.70% | 108 | 1.1 | 705 | 12,791 | 52.9% | 54.4% | |
| 52.83% | 106 | 5.9 | 845 | 12,232 | 49.1% | 56.6% | |
| 45.54% | 101 | 4.5 | 926 | 12,540 | 46.5% | 44.8% | |
| 42.86% | 98 | 1.1 | 681 | 12,291 | 42.3% | 43.5% | |
| 54.08% | 98 | 5.2 | 939 | 12,402 | 59.6% | 49.0% | |
| 46.94% | 98 | 3.9 | 651 | 11,848 | 56.1% | 40.4% | |
| 50.00% | 96 | 3.2 | 710 | 11,774 | 47.3% | 53.7% | |
| 63.16% | 95 | 1.1 | 659 | 11,872 | 59.6% | 67.4% | |
| 43.48% | 92 | 1.3 | 667 | 13,070 | 38.9% | 46.4% | |
| 57.78% | 90 | 1.4 | 710 | 12,778 | 60.0% | 56.0% | |
| 49.44% | 89 | 1.1 | 677 | 12,384 | 42.5% | 55.1% | |
| 57.30% | 89 | 2.0 | 706 | 13,169 | 61.7% | 52.4% | |
| 45.98% | 87 | 5.2 | 1,004 | 12,667 | 51.4% | 42.3% | |
| 47.56% | 82 | 1.3 | 565 | 12,443 | 54.8% | 43.1% | |
| 60.98% | 82 | 1.2 | 751 | 13,014 | 64.1% | 58.1% | |
| 48.78% | 82 | 1.3 | 700 | 12,584 | 42.3% | 51.8% | |
| 51.85% | 81 | 6.3 | 743 | 12,104 | 51.3% | 52.4% | |
| 50.00% | 80 | 1.6 | 811 | 13,461 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 51.28% | 78 | 4.3 | 856 | 12,777 | 58.8% | 45.5% | |
| 56.58% | 76 | 1.2 | 654 | 12,453 | 64.1% | 48.6% | |
| 45.95% | 74 | 6.3 | 957 | 13,004 | 46.7% | 45.5% | |
| 52.05% | 73 | 5.7 | 941 | 12,754 | 61.0% | 40.6% | |
| 47.89% | 71 | 5.4 | 888 | 12,645 | 54.5% | 42.1% | |
| 52.17% | 69 | 1.1 | 622 | 11,504 | 46.0% | 59.4% | |
| 44.93% | 69 | 6.2 | 732 | 11,340 | 45.2% | 44.4% | |
| 39.13% | 69 | 2.3 | 703 | 12,451 | 45.2% | 34.2% | |
| 55.88% | 68 | 2.9 | 730 | 12,997 | 57.7% | 54.8% | |
| 47.54% | 61 | 6.5 | 905 | 11,447 | 44.1% | 51.9% | |
| 60.34% | 58 | 6.5 | 848 | 11,957 | 56.3% | 65.4% | |
| 48.28% | 58 | 5.7 | 1,062 | 12,716 | 58.6% | 37.9% | |
| 55.36% | 56 | 1.3 | 716 | 12,109 | 55.6% | 55.2% | |
| 48.00% | 50 | 2.0 | 719 | 12,269 | 48.3% | 47.6% | |
| 60.00% | 50 | 1.8 | 739 | 12,548 | 72.0% | 48.0% | |
| 51.02% | 49 | 5.9 | 965 | 12,177 | 42.1% | 56.7% | |
| 36.17% | 47 | 6.1 | 785 | 11,420 | 41.7% | 30.4% | |
| 52.17% | 46 | 1.1 | 690 | 13,148 | 47.6% | 56.0% | |
| 60.47% | 43 | 6.6 | 848 | 12,293 | 61.5% | 58.8% | |
| 48.84% | 43 | 1.0 | 526 | 11,004 | 47.8% | 50.0% | |
| 59.52% | 42 | 1.2 | 686 | 11,839 | 72.7% | 45.0% | |
| 71.43% | 42 | 5.1 | 893 | 12,154 | 72.0% | 70.6% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 6.5 | 786 | 12,835 | 43.8% | 48.0% | |
| 55.00% | 40 | 6.4 | 787 | 13,141 | 57.1% | 53.9% | |
| 51.28% | 39 | 6.0 | 741 | 10,655 | 52.0% | 50.0% | |
| 51.35% | 37 | 1.3 | 664 | 12,746 | 53.3% | 50.0% | |
| 62.16% | 37 | 3.2 | 607 | 11,869 | 68.8% | 57.1% | |
| 56.76% | 37 | 6.5 | 883 | 12,520 | 64.7% | 50.0% | |
| 54.05% | 37 | 1.0 | 723 | 13,041 | 68.8% | 42.9% | |
| 40.00% | 35 | 1.3 | 602 | 11,860 | 33.3% | 47.1% | |
| 48.57% | 35 | 5.1 | 633 | 12,480 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 30 | 6.2 | 810 | 11,415 | 47.4% | 81.8% | |
| 56.67% | 30 | 6.6 | 1,078 | 12,535 | 53.3% | 60.0% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 1.5 | 794 | 12,240 | 38.5% | 56.3% | |
| 50.00% | 28 | 1.5 | 617 | 12,014 | 43.8% | 58.3% | |
| 25.00% | 28 | 5.6 | 722 | 9,986 | 26.3% | 22.2% | |
| 38.46% | 26 | 1.1 | 520 | 10,762 | 33.3% | 42.9% | |
| 65.38% | 26 | 4.7 | 827 | 12,810 | 60.0% | 68.8% | |
| 44.00% | 25 | 1.2 | 552 | 12,485 | 20.0% | 60.0% | |
| 54.17% | 24 | 6.7 | 878 | 11,770 | 53.9% | 54.5% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 2.6 | 659 | 12,217 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 56.52% | 23 | 1.9 | 610 | 10,563 | 45.5% | 66.7% | |
| 63.64% | 22 | 2.5 | 727 | 13,321 | 77.8% | 53.9% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 5.6 | 862 | 12,087 | 63.6% | 50.0% | |
| 65.00% | 20 | 5.8 | 714 | 12,782 | 60.0% | 70.0% | |
| 65.00% | 20 | 5.9 | 710 | 10,791 | 60.0% | 70.0% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 5.7 | 898 | 11,814 | 40.0% | 60.0% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 5.4 | 619 | 10,605 | 41.7% | 28.6% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 4.8 | 769 | 12,342 | 58.3% | 57.1% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 6.0 | 862 | 12,925 | 83.3% | 58.3% | |
| 41.18% | 17 | 6.0 | 896 | 13,070 | 40.0% | 41.7% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 1.1 | 614 | 11,236 | 44.4% | 80.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 2.9 | 682 | 10,860 | 33.3% | 80.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 5.0 | 749 | 12,147 | 16.7% | 71.4% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 1.5 | 639 | 10,886 | 42.9% | 20.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 2.2 | 802 | 13,871 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.1 | 929 | 12,079 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 4.9 | 1,044 | 14,997 | 100.0% | 42.9% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 2.2 | 757 | 12,157 | 80.0% | 66.7% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 3.8 | 631 | 12,937 | 100.0% | 16.7% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.3 | 847 | 13,372 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.5 | 708 | 12,248 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 0.00% | 6 | 5.8 | 871 | 14,343 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.1 | 593 | 11,251 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.8 | 499 | 8,775 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.9 | 515 | 12,430 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 646 | 10,551 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 662 | 12,043 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
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Volibear vs Varus - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Volibear do against Varus in League of Legends?
Varus wins the Volibear vs Varus matchup with a 75.0% win rate compared to Volibear's 25.0%, a 50.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 28 recent ranked games in patch 26.3.
How does Volibear do against Varus in the early game?
In the early game, Varus has the advantage against Volibear with a 73.7% win rate versus 26.3%. Varus players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Volibear do against Varus in the late game?
In the late game, Varus takes over the Volibear vs Varus matchup with a 77.8% win rate compared to 22.2%. Varus scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Volibear vs Varus matchup?
Varus wins the matchup against Volibear with a 75.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.3. The 50.0 percentage point advantage means Varus is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 28 games analyzed.
What is the best Volibear build against Varus?
The best Volibear build against Varus includes Navori Flickerblade, Spirit Visage, Dusk and Dawn with Mercury's Treads. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Volibear runes against Varus?
The best Volibear runes against Varus use the Precision primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Volibear vs Varus matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Volibear counter Varus?
No, Volibear struggles against Varus with only a 25.0% win rate. Varus has the advantage in this matchup. Volibear players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Varus's lead.
How do I play Volibear against Varus?
When playing Volibear against Varus, play cautiously and avoid Varus's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Varus has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.